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WTS Warner, Jack Rabbit, Nevada Trade Token

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WTS Warner, Jack Rabbit, Nevada Trade Token
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Warner, Jackrabbit, Nevada. Silver mines discovered in Pioche as the result of the rich silver discoveries at Hamilton and Treasure Hill after 1868 created a tremendous “rush” known as “the Rush to White Pine.” Prospectors combed the hills, and in a very remote area just north of Pioche, found rich ores high up on a mountain in August, 1877, calling the mine “Jackrabbit.” The mine is near Bristol, and was originally part of the Bristol District. The Pioche miners had a heck of a time naming the new town that was laid out in September, 1877 by the Jackrabbit mine. Some wanted to call it “Jackrabbit”. Others, “Rabbit City”, but all of the prospectors there were all members of the Pioche Royal Arch Chapter of Free Masons, so they named the place “Royal City.” The Day mine was discovered right after the Jackrabbit mine. Articles in local and regional newspapers routinely mixed up the mining camp name because ultimately, nobody was happy with “Royal City,” so through time, the name returned to Jackrabbit. The first saloon was started in a “brush cabin near the Jackrabbit mine” in September, 1877, possibly by P.H. Wand.
A second “Jackrabbit” location was made in 1880 when Dan Roeder established Jackrabbit Station located along the Bristol and Pioche road. By that time, Bristol was booming, but Jackrabbit (Royal City) was already in decline. Sometime about 1890, there was a physical split of properties, some listed as “Jackrabbit” and others as “Royal City.” My guess is that the portion of town nearest the Jackrabbit mine was called “Jackrabbit,” and the portion closest to the Day mine called “Royal City.” The Jackrabbit Station was still in operation in 1890. 1990 pop: 6.
W.T.S Warner and wife lived at “Jack Rabbit” (note the change to two words, also used in the Pioche newspaper) just after 1900. They apparently had a saloon, but business was not good, and by September, 1908 they lost the business through a Sheriff’s sale. One of the creditors was a San Francisco whiskey merchant, and another a Caliente resale merchant. While there was an uptick in prospecting and mining at the Day and Jackrabbit mines after the Goldfield-Tonopah mining boom of 1900, ore was in short supply, and with the financial panic of 1907-1908, grubstake money was absent. It marked the end of Jackrabbit.

Obverse: W.T.S. Warner/ Jack Rabbit/ Nev.
Reverse: gf 10c it
Shape/Metal: rd, al
Town: Jack Rabbit, Nevada